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Sports Year in Review: Melfort’s Logan Ferland signs with the Riders

northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting sports stories of 2019, as selected by our sports reporters Mat Barrett and Aaron Schulze:-Logan Ferland's expectations for himse...

Dec 27, 2019 MUCC alumni Logan Ferland signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders shortly after concluding his fifth and final year of junior football with the Regina Thunder (Facebook/Regina Thunder Football Club).

Year in Review: Hoback wins again but Tories come up short

It was a federal election year that proved two things: Justin Trudeau had lost a lot of his lustre from 2015 and the political divide across the nation was bigger than ever. In the end the Liberals he...

Dec 27, 2019 Prince Albert MP Conservative Randy Hoback (left), made it four wins in-a-row in October's federal election but his party failed to wrest power from the Liberals. Estelle Hjertaas (Liberal) and Harmony Johnson-Harder (NDP) are seated to Hoback's left. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Raptors drop 118-102 decision to Boston in first Christmas Day game at home

TORONTO - Kyle Lowry dressed for the special occasion in shoes with the names of his sons Karter and Kameron. The 13-year NBA veteran and the Toronto Raptors played their much-anticipated first C...

Murder investigation at Wahpeton

A 19-year-old man faces several charges including second degree murder, aggravated assault, and sexual assault, in connection to an incident early Thursday morning on the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation ...

Dec 27, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

The Fun Guy: Kawhi Leonard is the AP's male athlete of 2019

He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one of the very best basketball players on the planet. He conquered the NBA world for a second time,...

Distracted driving infractions take a slight dip in November: SGI

For the first time in nine months, distracted driving incidents are dipping below 700 per month, according to the latest driving statistics SGI is putting out for November.In an emailed media release,...

Dec 27, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Year in review: Meili calls whistleblower promise a highlight of 2019

Looking back on 2019 Ryan Meili and his NDP had a few fights they brought to the Sask. Party government again and again, and Meili feels he has at least one checkmark to put down.Meili said he feels t...

Dec 27, 2019 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Riders re-sign CFL all-star Dan Clark

After an all-star campaign in 2019, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced centre Dan Clark won't be heading to the free agent market.The team announced Clark has signed a two-year contract exten...

Dec 27, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders centre Dan Clark (67) participates in practice on Aug. 28, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)

Chad Geter signs contract extension with Roughriders

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Chad Geter to a two-year contract extension. The 25-year-old defensive lineman played six games for the Green and White last season. He had nine defensive tack...

Dec 27, 2019 Chad Geter signs two year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Dec. 26, 2019 (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Twitter)

Canada's Alexis Lafreniere shows he's more than just skill at world juniors

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Kevin Bahl thought he knew Alexis Lafreniere. And in many ways, he did. Touted as the projected No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft for some time, Lafreniere had ...